Letter to the Editor: What's their excuse now?

To the Editor:
Now that our country has been showing signs of recovery, the oil companies are out to stop it and fill their pockets on the backs of the middle class. We have learned that the Dakota's have more oil then all of the Middle East countries put together. Although it cost more to refine, you don't need to get this increase from Americans.

So what excuse are they giving for this latest gas rise? They don't know yet. If Americans could spend the $40 or so, on goods and not in their gas tanks the recovery would keep getting better.

So why can't the oil companies and their stockholders think of their country, the good old USA? Take less profit and save your country, not a bad idea.